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Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • December 11, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Rick Ross

    From guiding the blockbuster sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel to chaperoning high-ticket deals for properties across five continents, Denton’s Rick Ross had a hand in some of the luxury hospitality world’s biggest market-moving deals in 2014, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Willkie Farr's Matthew Feldman

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Matthew Feldman helped private equity-owned Momentive Performance Materials Inc. secure court approval for its plan to exit bankruptcy $3 billion lighter in debt, a hotly debated, blockbuster ruling that earns him a spot among Law360’s list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Environmental MVP: Steptoe's Lawrence Riff

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Lawrence Riff in the span of just two months secured defense verdicts for Monsanto Co. in the first of dozens of cases alleging its polychlorinated biphenyl products caused cancer and for ConocoPhillips Co. and Union Oil Co. of California in litigation over gasoline leaks that a developer claimed dirtied the site of a planned construction project, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Successfully shepherding the historic sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel was one of several blockbuster deals and developments completed by Dentons' Meghan Cocci this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Joshua Korff

    Using often complex and innovative deal structures, Kirkland & Ellis LLP capital markets partner Joshua Korff oversaw 35 initial public offerings worth $14.5 billion this past year, earning him a place on Law360's 2014 list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Insurance MVP: Kasowitz's Robin Cohen

    Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP partner Robin Cohen won an appellate decision that kept IMO Industries Inc. covered for a deluge of asbestos claims under a $1.8 billion insurance program, living up to her reputation for staring down insurance companies angling for a quick settlement and earning her a spot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Ross Moskowitz

    Guiding Sterling Equities in the $3 billion redevelopment of Willets Point in Queens and KNIC Partners LLP on the $320 million Kingsbridge Armory project in the Bronx has earned Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's Ross Moskowitz a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Energy MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Peter Fitzgerald

    Work on a series of ambitious renewable energy projects in Chile, as well as a lead role in helping to finance the first new U.S. nuclear reactors in nearly three decades, has landed Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s Peter Fitzgerald on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marni Lerner

    Thanks to her wide-ranging work representing various private equity firms and many of their portfolio companies — including several of private equity titan KKR & Co. LP's — Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Marni J. Lerner has earned a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Employment MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Kelly Dermody

    As the head of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's employment practice group, partner Kelly M. Dermody has been at the forefront of contentious gender discrimination cases against Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., as well as a case accusing numerous Silicon Valley tech giants of conspiring to suppress workers' pay, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Life Sciences MVP: Irell & Manella's David Gindler

    Irell & Manella LLP partner David I. Gindler scored a clear victory as lead counsel for molecular diagnostics company Ariosa Diagnostics Inc. in a patent infringement fight against Sequenom Inc., securing him a spot among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Food & Beverage MVP: Hunton & Williams' Richard Wyatt Jr.

    Hunton & Williams LLP partner Richard Wyatt Jr.'s work unraveling a price-inflation scheme by one of the largest food distributors in the U.S. and leading an antitrust suit on behalf of supermarkets added a plaintiff-side wrinkle to his normally defense-oriented practice and earned him a spot among Law360's Food and Beverage MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers

    Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers has had a hectic, successful year, closing such complex real estate deals as The Related Cos. LP's $1.3 billion acquisition of the Time Warner Center, among other massive transactions, and landing on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Employment MVP: Ogletree Deakins' Ron Chapman

    Ron Chapman Jr. of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC scored a big victory for employers when the Fifth Circuit rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s holding that arbitration agreements that include class waivers violate federal labor law, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kramer Levin's Kenneth Eckstein

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's restructuring pros can be found working many high-profile bankruptcies, and co-head Kenneth Eckstein's work leading the 45-lawyer group and piloting Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. out of its $1.4 billion bankruptcy this year have earned him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Life Sciences MVP: Morgan Lewis' Randy Sunberg

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Randall B. Sunberg helped put together several big deals in the life sciences sector over the past year, including representing Merck & Co. Inc. in selling its consumer products business to Bayer AG, boosting him to a spot on Law360’s list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Environmental MVP: King & Spalding's Robert Meadows

    King & Spalding LLP partner Robert Meadows has represented Chevron Corp. in its ongoing battle against a Louisiana levee board’s multibillion-dollar suit over alleged damage to the state’s coastal ecosystem and successfully defended Shell Oil Co. in drinking water contamination litigation, among other cases, earning him a place on Law360’s list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Jeffrey Karpf

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s Jeffrey Karpf was instrumental in the $2 billion initial public offering of Banco Santander SA’s U.S. auto loan unit and steered the $13.35 billion cash-and-stock sale of orthopedic products maker Biomet Inc., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Kirkland's Leo Greenberg

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Leo Greenberg in the past year smoothed out a series of high-stakes deals, including the most complex carveout of his career and a multibillion-dollar transaction that put a young investment vehicle on the map, cementing his place on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 08, 2014

    Appellate MVP: WilmerHale's Seth Waxman

    Former U.S. solicitor general and current WilmerHale star Seth Waxman has handled more major appellate cases this year than many attorneys do in a lifetime, scoring Supreme Court victories that changed the legal landscape in areas including food, product liability and intellectual property and earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.

  • December 08, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: O'Melveny's George Davis

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's George Davis has recently secured victories ranging from a harmonious prepack for Entegra Power Group LLC that wiped out almost half of its $1.5 billion in debt to a win in a rancorous $570 million lease-rejection dispute in the bankruptcy of Dynegy, making him one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs for 2014.

  • December 08, 2014

    Environmental MVPs: Ballard Spahr's Brendan Collins And Robert McKinstry

    Ballard Spahr LLP partners Brendan Collins and Robert McKinstry scored two victories this spring for energy clients intervening to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in challenges to its air-pollution regulations on power plants, earning them a spot on Law360’s list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 08, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas Henry

    In the past year, Willkie Farr LLP's Thomas J. Henry represented longtime client Paramount Group Inc. in its $2.3 billion initial public offering, the largest real estate investment trust public offering in history, helping him earn a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 08, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Simpson Thacher's Bill Hinman

    Increasingly, high-profile businesses looking to go public turn to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Bill Hinman to ensure a smooth delivery into the markets — as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. did for its blockbuster $25 billion initial public offering this year — earning him a spot on Law360's list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 08, 2014

    White Collar MVP: Paul Hastings' Thomas Zaccaro

    Paul Hasting LLP’s Thomas Zaccaro made headlines this year representing a wide range of defendants in government investigations and defeating the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission in the second of its back to-back insider trading trial losses, earning him a spot among this year's Law360’s White Collar MVPs.